Ripped from the Headlines

Time.com's random juxtaposition of current affairs with this ad suggests the California budget battle is worthy of a film. Will the world's eight largest economy fall shy one Republican antitaxer vote? Will life in California end as we know it? Time's coverage here. Future film promo banner after the jump.

New take on time.com's 2.19.09 "One Vote Short of Averting Catastrophe."